Improvement in fan and parasol combined



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4JOSHUAl BROOKS, `Or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 100,719, dated March 15, 1870 antctlated February 26, 1870.

-Daw- IMPROVEMENT IN FAN AND -PAIIASOI. COMBINED.

The Schedule rerred t'o in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom tt may concern.

Beit known thatI, Josnoa BROOKS, of Boston, in the countyof Suffolk,.and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Parasol `and Umbrella-Handle; and I do herebydeclare that thc following is a full and exact description of the same, ref:

erence being had to the accompanying drawings with letters of reference marked thereon; t

Thepnature of my inventionis that of` constructing a parasol or umbrella-handle so as that a folded fan is` `inclosed in the, lower portion-of it, and that portion being detachable from the otherpalrt, the folded `fau Y can be withdrawn and` expanded (beingstill attached to the lower part of the said handle, which `then becomesthe handle of .the fan) and used, or at pleasure restored, foldedfto its receptacle, which is then returned toits connection with the parasol.

The advantages of this arrangement are that the 4fan occupies room otherwise unavailable, is securely protected, and is always at hand when the parasol is in possession. And, t

In the drawings-My 1,

Figure lytis a side view of my whole parasol'fhandle, including the fan attachment, with dashed lines showing its hollow interior and its contents. i

lfigure 2 is aside view of the lower portion of the same, (containing the fan,whiclr is supposed -to be in` elosedin it,) and which, when removed from the other portion ofthe parasol-harmle; I call the` fan-handle.

. Figure 3 is` the same view of the same portion, but

` with the fan expanded. And

A Axhtig. 1, is the whole -of the handle, including' the fan attachment, A G Btig. 2, theupper portion of which latter, '15, lig. 2, is a tube, (ofwood, metal,

or other substance,) and is ealledthe tan-handletnbe,

and it fits into a longitudinal cylindrical aperture bored in the upper part of the parasolfhandle, (see dashed lines in tig. 1,)A which aperture is, at the point C, (sec tig. 2,) of. the same sizel with the corresponding portion ot' the lan-handle, which tits tightly therein. (It is sometimes armed with a male screw, which enters into a female screw in that portion of the parasol-hanfdie.

l, fig. 3, is a tube, of wood, metal, paper, or other substance, which passes into and out of the 'fan-handle tube B, a'nd holds the t'an when `the same is folded np.

E,`iig. 3, is the fan expanded, composed of an oblong piece of cloth or paper folded` after the' fashion of a fan, the ends of the folds being pressed together at one end and inserted into the fan-tube D, and attached firmly to a string, H, gs. 1, 2, and 3, which string has a tassel attached, and passes throughaud out of 4a hole in the lower end o f the fan-handle A, outside of which the tassel is att-ached, the tassel pre-` venting the string being pulled through and the .fan quitting the tube. o

The `outside folds ofthe fau, on either sido. at the upper end of the folded fan, have attached to them,

respectively, by one end, a band or piece of ribbon,

'F F, tig. 3, called the fasteuel-S, the other end of which fasteners are attached (inside or ontside)to the upper end of the fan-handle tube B, andare thus an additional impediment to the fan E and the falutnoe t l) quitting the fan-handle tube B. l

I, tigs. 2 and 3 is a string with a tassel attached,

` which is fastened to the side of the expanded fan E,

and hangs outside the `fan-tube, D when the fan isv folded and held within the same. And

The operation of my device is as follows:

'lhe fan and tubes being in connection with the parasol-handle,-as seen in tig. 1, and it `being desired to use the fan, the lower part of the parasol-handle is withdrawn, and the fan-tubes, &e., areseen asin tig. 2. l 'lo spread the fan, the stling and tassel I is taken hold of with one hand (the other hand holding the fanhandle A) and pulled, when the fan emerges, and the whole of this part of my device presents the appearance shown in iig. 3, and 4the fan is ready for use. When the function of the fan has been performed, the

string (with the tassel) His pulled, when the fan re- Y cedes within the fan-tubeI), and this, in its turn, recedcs into the fan-handle tubeB, when the whole presents the appearance seen in fig. 2. The fan-handle, dac., part of the arrangement is then pushed or screwed into the other part ot the parasol-handle, and the whole device pl'esents the appearance seen in iig. 1.. i

1 do not claim a jointed parasol-shaft, which, the `shaft being bent, forms the dome of the parasol into a fan, `nor do I claim the peculiarly-constructed fan shut into a tube; and I do not ,confine myself to the use of a fan, circular when expanded; but

What I claim herein as of my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.The combination and arrangement of the hollow parasol orurnbrellahaudle withy the fan, all being constructed and capable of being used substantially as de scribed."

J OSIIUA BROKS.

Witnesses:

Lemmi. I. J Emis, A. KINosBURY. 

